Introduction to Statistical Inference
E.S. Keeping

Introduction to Statistical Inference       ISBN 0486685020

Purchased: Long, long ago.
Hard to read, somewhat telegraphic grad-level theoretical statistics textbook.

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Overall Impression

I really cannot read this book. I've tried, time and time again, and I've made some headway. It's one of those math books in the formal school: unbelievably dense, beginning with a set of abstract theorems, then builds up to the useful stuff. But, until you get past some critical point, all you're doing is serious mathematical navel-gazing. Normally, I'm a big fan of equations for equations' sakes, but I need statistics to apply them.

I basically gave up on this book and picked up Practical Statistics instead. It's much easier going, if less rigorous.

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• Practical Statistics, which replaced this as my textbook.
• REA Problem Solvers Statistics, a handy set of worked problems.